Archive for March, 2012

Whenever I see stuff like this in math, I can’t understand why everyone on the planet isn’t incredibly interested in math and numbers. In this video they cover a pattern that takes place in numbers which only seems possible by the explanation that we are being tricked, and then shows exa[...]

This reminds me a lot of those finger skateboards I used to play with as a kid, only this seems to involve a lot more dexterity. I tried to do this on my desk in front of me and it’s a lot harder than it looks.[...]

You may have heard of Google, but you may also have heard of a googol, which is a number invented by a man to try and come up with a good way to describe infinity. Well this video fully explores the concept of a googol and googolplex, a much larger number, and how these numbers […][...]

You’re about to learn more about black holes than you ever thought possible. I used to think black holes were these scary, mysterious objects that would just suck up everything near it without question. Well it turns out we know a lot more about black holes than I thought. We even know most of[...]

This is just a little spiel Carl Sagan has about human life in a multi-part video series of his. Understandably it includes a plea for more money and effort to be spent on NASA and space exploration. The rest of the videos in this series are very much worth watching.[...]

This is a pretty interesting TED Talk accompanied by an animated video. It’s just a 12 minute talk covering just about every unanswered and unanswerable question known to man. This video is made to inspire those who are truly going to go down in history.[...]

This single YouTube video is more inspiring than every Disney movie put together. From the scared determination in the girl’s voice to the fact that this ski jump is not something I would dare do, I think this video deserves some sort of film award.[...]

He might be right, too. This ex-construction worker has managed to single-handedly move and rotate incredibly heavy blocks and stones without any modern technologies. He figures that the stonehenge was probably created by methods similar to the ones he’s using in his Michigan back yard.[...]

It’s not every day that I get to post a video from one of my favorite shows, so when they give me a chance, I will. Top Gear usually spends its time reviewing the nicest, newest road cars being released in to the world but every now and then they cover an interesting item like […][...]

This is a pretty neat story. The last time someone attempted to dive in a submarine in to the trench was 50 years ago. The story was pretty neat on its own before I realized it’s James Cameron that’s going to be doing this. The man must have a knack for exploration.[...]